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Construction

Located at the center of the Tokyo Midtown development, Midtown Tower
is the tallest of the six buildings located within the complex. At
248.1 meters (814 ft), it the current tallest building in Tokyo and has held this title since the
building's primary construction was completed in January 2007.[1]
Its official grand opening was on March 31, 2007, though the
offices had been open since February.[1]
The building was designed by Chicago-based architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and
Merrill with help from Nikken Sekkei Ltd. and built by the Takenaka and Taisei
Corporations.[2]

Facilities

As a mixed-use facility, Midtown Tower's 54 floors are
utilized in different ways. Several conference rooms occupy the
entirety of the 4th floor. The 5th floor is the home of the Tokyo
Midtown Design Hub, a gallery and space for exhibitions,
collaborations and discussions by designers. Tokyo Midtown Medical
Center is located on the 6th floor. This medical facility first
Japan-based collaboration with Johns Hopkins University.[3]
Floors 7 to 44 are designated as commercial office space and house
the offices of companies such as Yahoo! Japan and Cisco Systems. Unlike similar supertall
skyscrapers in the area such as Roppongi Hills Mori Tower, Midtown
Tower's top 54th floor is not a visitors' observation
deck. Instead, the floor houses building components and
maintenance facilities.

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Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo

Floors 45 to 53 are home to Japan's second Ritz-Carlton
hotel—The Ritz-Carlton Tokyo. This 248-room hotel offers many
notable features including Japan’s most expensive Presidential
Suite, available for $20,000 per night, and an authentic
200-year-old Japanese teahouse. Designed by renowned interior
decorator Frank
Nicholson, The Ritz-Carlton, Tokyo reflects classic European
inspiration fused with contemporary accents. Four works measuring
8.1 meters in height by American painter Sam Francis appear in the building's lobby,
that, along with the second and third floors, is utilized by the
hotel.[4]